Bayliss’ son Oli is the first of the next generation of WorldSBK stars from famous racing dads in the Championship. New machine, new upgrades: all the tech innovations on the ZX-10RR! 3 times World Superbike Champion: 2001 - 2006 - 2008 - @TroyBaylisstic on twitter - Baylisstic21 on Instagram OFFICIAL PAGE We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website and to ensure we show advertising that is relevant to you. Speaking of his son, Troy stated: “His first year on a 600 in 2019 taught him a lot, not just about racing a bike, but communicating with the team, also learning what impacts changes in settings have on the bike on-track. Of course, I will worry with him on the Superbike in 2021 but there’s plenty of potential for him to be a professional racer.”. ... watch Frankie Chili’s seven year old son Kevin (named after Kevin Schwantz) play video games on the Playstation console. There was also Monza and there was Imola; they were the strongest places. GALLERY: View the new swingarm, winglets and more on the BMW M 1000 RR! Sensors and swingarms: go in depth with the CBR1000 RR-R tech changes! The first race was at Sugo and I had a disastrous time, crashing in both races. I said to my wife, Kim, that we should watch from a bridge and anyway Oli he was riding in fourth or fifth and he crashed right in front of us and it was quite fast. On the last lap of Race 2, I had a massive moment and knew it’d be really difficult and that it was pretty much in the bag for Colin.”. Oli has been a front-runner in the domestic series back in Australia and is entering just his second season of Supersport action. Copyright © 2017 Dorna WorldSBK. Motorcycle theft is running rampant and even three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss is not immune with his two-up demo Ducati V4R being stolen from his race truck.. I was on the Ducati 999 and we had managed to win the Championship in 2006 but by 2007, the Japanese bikes were getting faster and the 999 was in its twilight. The three-time WorldSBK Champion will watch his son take to the Phillip Island track for the WorldSSP race during the season-opening Australian round. Troy’s 14-year-old son, Oli, is in his second year in the Australian Supersport 300 Championship and will be riding at the same venues as his dad. Copyright © 2017 Dorna WorldSBK. 16-year-old Oli Bayliss, son of Superbike legend Troy, has been racing in the ranks of Australian Supersport since last year but with the pandemic induced … Oli has been a front-runner in the domestic series back in Australia and is entering just his second season of Supersport action. Who hit the highest speeds in the Catalunya Test? “It will be an experience and if he can grab a couple of points that will be even better. Photo by: Ducati Corse "I know Troy gave him a lot of guidance. He's really improved a lot and I think the biggest challenge for the weekend will be for Kim and me, as we have to watch him on track twice as much! modifier Troy Bayliss est un pilote de moto australien né le 30 mars 1969 à Taree . Undoubtedly proud to fly the Australian flag and put the Bayliss name back on the screens of thousands, Oli will make his debut in one of the most competitive World Supersport fields in recent memory. All rights reserved. The atmosphere was completely crazy and it is very difficult to explain how good it was.”. Enjoy the 2021 World Superbike season with the WorldSBK VideoPass! Monza 2001 in Race 1 was a big breakthrough, after lots of podiums at the start of the year and to finally get a win – at Monza as well – was great. Troy Bayliss. We caught up with triple World Champion Troy Bayliss, chatting about how he thought that he’d never race in WorldSBK after a disastrous first round as Carl Fogarty’s replacement in 2000, signing off his career as Champion and how his son, Oli Bayliss, may be heading for stardom too. Race fans will get a dose of father and son action when three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss returns to Australian Superbike racing this year. By continuing to use our website, you agree to our use of such cookies. “It will be his first international race and he’s nervous and excited,” said Troy, a former MotoGP™ winner too. The thunder from Down Under: Troy Bayliss may well be a three-time Champion but he once thought his WorldSBK career was over back in 2000, when he was Carl Fogarty’s replacement. 165 talking about this. The 16-year-old will line-up on the international grid for the first time on February 28-March 1 aboard a Cube Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 alongside his Australian Supersport Championship commitments. The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship has seen many famous names come through the paddock over the years. SBK, Troy Bayliss teamed up with son Oli, winning the Sydney 5 Hours An all-in-the-family victory in Australia where father and son won in the Supersport 600, finishing second in … I think he's 16-and-a-half, not 17 yet [he turns 17 in September], but he's coming along fine. Oli - son of triple WorldSBK Champion and MotoGP rider Troy Bayliss - in the coming days will receive an upgraded engine to use for the WorldSSP … I thought I was absolutely fine by doing it like that: winning and stopping. Bayliss signed off his career at the age of 39 but still at the top of his game, and found it harder than he thought it would be to walk away from the sport: “By the end of 2008, I was happy to step away, despite how hard it’d be. Basically, we came home for pretty much the first time since 1998 and it was such a culture shock to come back and try and live a life from before. “Right now, he really wants to do it, he’s enjoying his racing and it’s a difficult one for me as when I ride with him on the track we have the best time ever, but when he’s on the track I feel like a really normal dad. Sensors and swingarms: go in depth with the CBR1000 RR-R tech changes! We then went to the race track for the first race of the series we’d entered and it was raining. A wildfire in New Jersey has damaged dozens of homes. Bayliss had an illustrious career in WorldSBK, with three WorldSBK Championships clinched in 2001, 2006 and 2008, with numerous battles eventually giving … When Carl had his accident, I was riding well after winning the British title in 1999 and moving to America for Vance and Hines Ducati in 2000. During his career Bayliss won the Superbike World Championship three times, as well as the British Superbike Championship and a MotoGP race, all with Ducati. The impact she had on the lives of her young students is her legacy, and for that we are grateful. “In 2002 at Imola, I finished second to Colin but people will never forget that race, it went down in the history books and in all, it was a great weekend for the Championship and a great showdown for the fans. When I got him going, I got him a Metrakit and he was doing some riding on a kart track. The Australian then went on to achieve British success before returning full-time in 2000 to WorldSBK, replacing the injured Carl Fogarty, who would never return to racing action. “I remember 2001 at Imola, as the title was already in the bag and I had a lot of family over. I thought, ‘I’ll never get the opportunity to ride again and after crashing twice, I’d not go back to World Superbike’ but I did come back and I had a good ride at Monza; after that, the deal was done and I wasn’t going anywhere: I was staying in the World Championship.”, One of his biggest rivalries came with Colin Edwards, with both enjoying multiple seasons of battles: “A lot of the fights with Colin Edwards would feature plenty of moves that we’d try on each other to try and break one and other but most times, it came down to the last two laps. The senior Bayliss made his debut in World Superbike at Phillip Island in 1997, where despite crashing in Race 1, he was able to take two fifth places. Troy Bayliss raced motocross as a teen, did okay, then dropped out of racing and took up the noble trade of painting cars in a auto body repair shop in Australia. Our bike was painted in Paul Smart’s colours from when he won the Imola 200 and I was there on the 998 with the colours of his bike. He’s the three-time World Superbike champion and current co-owner of ASBK team DesmoSport Ducati. Ducati interested in working with Bayliss's son Oli Jamie Klein 5/17/2020. The Ducati Corse Sporting Director wants Troy Bayliss’ “little clone” to enter a World Championship and is willing to help in achieving that goal… Ducati Corse Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti has stated an intention in working with Oli Bayliss, the son of three-time WorldSBK Champion and Championship legend, Troy Bayliss. Bayliss had an illustrious career in WorldSBK, with three WorldSBK Championships clinched in 2001, 2006 and 2008, with numerous battles eventually giving him 52 race wins and a place in WorldSBK history. I had really good times; what a great time in WorldSBK!”, There was also a titanic rivalry with James Toseland, mainly in 2007: “There were times when I had heaps of battles with James Toseland, especially in 2007. All rights reserved. You can change this and find out more by following: Cookie Policy or Close, Shocks and surprises: the riders in the spotlight following the Catalunya Test. Kim just turned round to me and said, ‘you better burn that f*****g bike!’ but she realises now that it is what he wants to do and now I’m feeling like how she used to, as I can barely watch; I’m quite nervous like a normal dad, which I never understood before.”, There’re even similarities with some of the support around Oli, as Bayliss’ former boss and manager Darryl Healey supports Oli’s efforts: “There’s always a masterplan behind the plan and when I went to the UK in 1998, that was Darryl Healey, the boss of GSE Racing. GALLERY: Yamaha shows off new fairing and calipers in Catalunya Test, Mercado reflects on his last-minute return to WorldSBK, WorldSBK rookie Rabat joins WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 stars at Aragon for testing. After the news broke last week that Oli Bayliss (Cube Racing Team) would make his World Championship debut as a wildcard at Phillip Island, famous father Troy Bayliss has applauded his son ahead of the WorldSSP season opener. I get really nervous and I find it really difficult to actually watch him race!”. GALLERY: View the new swingarm, winglets and more on the BMW M 1000 RR! Troy Bayliss needs little introduction. You can change this and find out more by following: Cookie Policy or Close, Shocks and surprises: the riders in the spotlight following the Catalunya Test. He started the Australian championship well in Phillip Island, but it's still early, because he's a very young boy. By continuing to use our website, you agree to our use of such cookies. He then became my manager and a great friend and even now, there’s a GSE sticker on Oli’s bike because he’s supporting our family. Who hit the highest speeds in the Catalunya Test? New machine, new upgrades: all the tech innovations on the ZX-10RR! After the news broke last week that Oli Bayliss (Cube Racing Team) would make his World Championship debut as a wildcard at Phillip Island, famous father Troy Bayliss has applauded his son ahead of the WorldSSP season opener. Oli Bayliss, the son of three-time WorldSBK Champion Troy Bayliss, will make the leap up to the Superbike class in his native Australian as he prepares to fly the flag for his father’s own team. James then went on a bit of a good streak and it was annoying me that he was winning so much! Bayliss then continued to race domestically and now, gets to see his son Oli on track for the first time on the world stage. The … I knew Imola was going to be difficult as Honda had already tested there and were up to speed and strong from the start. I think Ducati were more disappointed than me because I didn’t win the Championship but it was just one of those things. I pushed hard all the time and often, over the limit, like when I crashed at Donington Park. The three biggest places where you could hear the crowd were Brands Hatch, where you literally heard them over the engine. Starting with his big move to WorldSBK in 2000, Bayliss was surprised: “Moving into WorldSBK in 2000 came as a bit of a surprise but to start with anyway, my goal was to end up there. Troy returned to Australian Super-bikes last year and is competing this weekend at the combined round with WSBK this weekend at Phillip Island.. She is survived by her husband Scott, son Ryan, grandson Troy, mother Tink Trexler, sister Suzanne Fink (Bob), brother George Trexler (Lisa), and numerous nieces and nephews (Davis, Alec, Sarah, Robert, Anna and Caroline) who adored her. Troy Bayliss may have retired but it hasn’t kept him out of the paddock as he supports his son Oli climbing the racing ladder to emulate him. Troy Bayliss was born in Australia on Sunday, March 30, 1969 (Generation X). There were times where I was trying to slow up each race but then Colin would pass and pick the pace up again. Photo by: Ducati Corse Troy Bayliss is a Australian motorcycle racer. Haga was like a dog with a bone and spent most of the time half a centimetre from my back wheel. GALLERY: Yamaha shows off new fairing and calipers in Catalunya Test, Mercado reflects on his last-minute return to WorldSBK, WorldSBK rookie Rabat joins WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 stars at Aragon for testing. Max Biaggi was always pretty intense, especially in 2008 when we were both riding for Ducati, so we had some good battles then too.”, A popular character on and off the track, Bayliss enjoyed the passion of the crowds at most tracks but listed his favourite places to win: “My favourite places to win were in Australia, the UK and Italy. Brakes, swingarms and exhausts: check out the new items on Ducati machines! Bayliss’ son Oli is the first of the next generation of WorldSBK stars from famous racing dads in the Championship. Il est triple champion du monde de Superbike en 2001, 2006 et 2008. The youngster - still only 17 - has enjoyed an impressive rise through the domestic ranks from a young age, finishing runner up to Tom Toparis in the Australian Supersport Championship in 2020. We caught up with triple World Champion Troy Bayliss, chatting about how he thought that he’d never race in WorldSBK after a disastrous first round as Carl Fogarty’s replacement in 2000, signing off his career as Champion and how his son, Oli Bayliss, may be heading for stardom too. “I miss winning and the competition, but to finish at 39, I still felt like I could carry on but I’d had enough of it. Also, for the family too; Mitchell – the eldest – was 14 at the time and Abbey was 12 so we thought they’d had enough time chasing me around and it was time to bring them home and give them a bit more of a normal life.”, However, the Bayliss name is still going strong, and his son Oli could be the next Australian star: “Oli started when he was around 11 or 12 and he had done a bit of riding before we went to the national championship. Oli Bayliss, son of three-time WorldSBK Champion Troy Bayliss, will follow in his father’s footsteps at the upcoming WorldSSP opener at Australia with a wild-card outing on home soil. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website and to ensure we show advertising that is relevant to you. Il a également participé au championnat du monde MotoGP entre 2003 et 2006, signant une victoire au Grand Prix de Valence 2006 . Follow the return of the Bayliss name to the WorldSBK paddock with the WorldSBK VideoPass! Three-time World Superbike champion and current co-owner of ASBK team DesmoSport Ducati Troy Bayliss, needs little introduction, while his son Oli, … Troy Bayliss. He is 51 years old and is a Aries. Oli’s had a couple of years on the 600cc Supersport bike and finished second last year in the Championship. He has so much more experience than I had at the same age, as I didn’t start road racing until I was 22, and he’s just turned 16 and basically he can nearly beat me on the track at the moment.”. I had a big crash in Race 1 with Regis Laconi and that was the end of my weekend! There was something about Imola and Monza where it is like riding through a park, so different to other places. Oli Bayliss, son of triple World Superbike champion Troy, will make his World Supersport debut after securing a wildcard entry at Phillip Island. I thought it would be another year or maybe even two before I got to WorldSBK. I was pretty well known for the fights I had with Colin but I had so many other fights with other guys too; Frankie Chili, Noriyuki Haga, Yukio Kagayama, Troy Corser, Neil Hodgson and James Toseland. Troy Bayliss left the Championship in 2008 on a high but came back as a replacement in 2015 for the first two rounds of the season, where he achieved a top ten in Thailand and the Buriram track – a circuit completely new for him and WorldSBK. Brakes, swingarms and exhausts: check out the new items on Ducati machines!